iHub-Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship 2025 for Kenyan Startups [Cohort III] – YOA

Deadline: February 3, 2025

Applications are open for the iHub-Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship 2025. ihub and Mastercard Foundation are partnering to empower edtech startups who’re constructing instruments that improve studying outcomes and speed up entry to equitable and high quality schooling for Africa’s subsequent technology.

The program supplies a novel OPPORTUNITY to collaborate with a community of skilled professionals with the identical objective: to drive innovation within the edtech sector. They will present fingers-on mentorship and assets that can assist you get your startup to the following stage.

Benefits

• Equity Free Funding: Qualified startups are entitled to $100k in fairness free funding over the course of the accelerator programme.
• Support & Mentoring: Startups can faucet into their multidisciplinary consultants for design, product, and tech optimization.
• Investor Network: Startups, by way of this programme could be uncovered to buyers to assist scale their merchandise.
• Discount & Deals: Startup by way of this programme can take pleasure in particular offers from instruments and repair suppliers they’ve partnered.
• Marketing Strategy: Their crew of consultants will assist startups align their market technique to allow them hit PMF.

Eligibility

• Startups have to be Africa targeted and integrated in Kenya.
• They ought to be constructing options that handle challenges throughout Ok-12, tertiary schooling and vocational expertise coaching.
• Your Edtech Solution should posses these two qualities:
  • EdTech Solution Based: Must have verifiable customers aligned with the accelerator’s focus: schooling entry, pupil studying, college administration, and trainer/coach effectiveness.
  • Inclusive Teams: Applicants ought to have a balanced crew, enthusiastic about schooling. Female founders of EdTech answer corporations are strongly inspired to apply

Application

Applications will probably be reviewed in three phases:

Stage 1: In this stage, the Edtech options will probably be assessed on the next standards:

• Problem/Solution Fit
• Founder Potential
• Business Model Fit
• Traction

Stage 2: Selected EdTech options from the primary stage will probably be assessed based mostly on the next standards:

• Scalability
• Long-term
• Plan/Vision
• Competitive Advantage
• Team Potential

Stage 3: The last stage will probably be an interview with candidates who’ve efficiently gone by way of the evaluation stage. A last choice will then be made, topic to due diligence.

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to iHub-Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship.